Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether access to (a) Chat GPT oand (b) other similar AI chatbots is permitted on his Department's IT systems in (i) the UK and (ii) overseas missions.

The FCDO actively manages all applications and services on its corporate network taking into account security and data protection risks. Authorisation and approval for the use of any individual application is subject to Departmental security policies and procedures.

Chat-GPT and other similar products are not accessible from FCDO's corporate IT. The FCDO, following guidance from the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), is developing specific guidance to enable its staff to continue to work securely and protect FCDO and HMG data.